Recommend me FRENCH RESISTANCE films

[Indeliblelink]

René Clément's Battle Of The Rails [Bataille du rail] (1946) - about railway workers as part of the resistance sabotaging the network to prevent German supplies.
On a slightly similar note there's John Frankenheimer's The Train (1964) with Burt Lancaster, which was based on resistance member, Rose Valland's book Le front de l'art.

Marie October (1959) where a group of resistance fighters meet up years after the war to work out which one of them was the traitor that got their leader killed. It's more of an Agatha Christie like whodunit than a war film so probably not quite what you're after but it is quite enjoyable.

 

[Reno]

While driving the plot, the French resistance is probably more background colour but as the most obvious ones have been mentioned and as it's a classic:

 

[JuanTwoThree]

'Is Paris Burning?' which you mention is good on in-fighting between Gaullist and Communist resistances, though I don't know how accurate it all is.

Lots of heavy-weight* actors:


The film stars an international ensemble cast that includes French (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Vaneck, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer, Yves Montand), American (Orson Welles, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Robert Stack, Anthony Perkins, George Chakiris), and German (Gert Fröbe, Hannes Messemer, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Harry Meyen, Wolfgang Preiss) stars. (wiki)


A good film to play 'That's -------'


* and some plain overweight.

 

[chilango]

I know you didn't want documentaries but...

 

[Red Cat]

M Klein. A wealthy Parisian art dealer in Occupied Paris (who's been taking advantage of Jews trying to flee by buying their artworks at knock-down prices) is mistaken for a Jewish man of the same name with terrible consequences.

This looks great (i don't think I've seen it ) but I can't find it anywhere without buying the DVD, which is fine, unless you're aware of somewhere I can stream it?

 

[Sue]

While driving the plot, the French resistance is probably more background colour but as the most obvious ones have been mentioned and as it's a classic:

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I was wondering whether to mention that but Martinique surely counts. And Casablanca...

 

[Sue]

This looks great (i don't think I've seen it ) but I can't find it anywhere without buying the DVD, which is fine, unless you're aware of somewhere I can stream it?

I saw it on Mubi quite recently but unless it's still there in the library, not sure where you'd find it. (I can check for you.) Sorry.

 

[krtek a houby]

The Train

1964 film with Burt Lancaster as a French resistance bloke attempting to stop or sabotage nazi looting of important artwork. Based loosely on a real incident, iirc.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Looking for pictures that focus on résistants, Occupation, SOE/OSS, life in Vichy etc

 

[spitfire]

The Train

1964 film with Burt Lancaster as a French resistance bloke attempting to stop or sabotage nazi looting of important artwork. Based loosely on a real incident, iirc.

I love that movie. Time for a rewatch.

Das Boot Series 2 has a strong resistance element running through it if you don't mind the odd submarine surfacing here and there.

 

[Hollis]

Are there any films focussing of French collaboration/Vichy France?

 

[Reno]

Are there any films focussing of French collaboration/Vichy France?

Lacombe Lucien, which has been mentioned in the OP, is about a collaborator. Great film, only watched it for the first time a few months ago.

 

[DaveCinzano]

This looks great (i don't think I've seen it ) but I can't find it anywhere without buying the DVD, which is fine, unless you're aware of somewhere I can stream it?

Beware of a current active t*rr*nt which is in Italian

 

[DaveCinzano]

Monsieur Batignole

Sounds quite interesting and in our ball park:

Review of the film Monsieur Batignole (2002)

An in-depth review of the film Monsieur Batignole (2002), directed by Gérard Jugnot.

www.frenchfilms.org

 

[Hollis]

Lacombe Lucien, which has been mentioned in the OP, is about a collaborator. Great film, only watched it for the first time a few months ago.

Yep - I watched it tonight - excellent.

 

[Lancman]

Are there any films focussing of French collaboration/Vichy France?
Less a film than a documentary Le Chagrin et le Pitie (The Sorrow and the Pity) is a French made description of life in Occupied France viewed from many different levels which is well worth watching.

 

[Mordi]

Are there any films focussing of French collaboration/Vichy France?
Less a film than a documentary Le Chagrin et le Pitie (The Sorrow and the Pity) is a French made description of life in Occupied France viewed from many different levels which is well worth watching.

I've had this on my list to watch for a long time now, is there any way of getting hold of it? There's a couple of versions I've found on vimeo/daily motion but they are all significantly shorter than the 4 hour run time IMDb gives.

By contrast his 1972 film "A Sense of Loss" on is on youtube in its entirety. It's a film I've seen twice now and I'm not entirely sure I like it. The main thing I take away from it is how even in that particularly bloody phase of [in]fighting the Republicans were still much better able to get a sympathetic hearing. Bernadette Devlin is always going to be an electrifying voice, especially up against the those of institutional Unionism, and the only working classes Protestant voices I recall are those recorded in a Belfast working men's club where members of the Orange Order are a few pints in and given footage of Devlin to rile them up.

Back on thread, L'Armee du Crime is my favourite film on the topic. I briefly lived up the road from a monument to Missak Manouchian and I think the film does an excellent job of showing the resistance as the work of those already exiled or victimised by previous persecutions. The opening scene of the group being driven through the streets of Paris, inside the trucks are those who've already fled or fought Fascism elsewhere, Armenians, Jews, Poles and Communists, whilst outside life under occupation can continue. I might be stretching but on release I saw a lot of resonance with the contemporary persecution of people without papers in France, which has only grown more pressing since.

 

[Indeliblelink]

I've had this on my list to watch for a long time now, is there any way of getting hold of it? There's a couple of versions I've found on vimeo/daily motion but they are all significantly shorter than the 4 hour run time IMDb gives.

Let me introduce you to the wonders of a Russian version of Youtube, tons of rare films, you just have wade through all the versions with that awful Russian overdubbing they tend to use. Not sure if it downloads any nastys to your PC, maybe someone more tech savvy can say.

Le chagrin et la pitié - 01

Le Chagrin et la Pitié Chronique d'une ville francaise sous l'occupation réalisé par Marcel Ophüls 1969 2 x 2h En partant de l'étude du cas de Clermont-Ferrand, le film dresse la chronique de la vie d'une ville de province entre 1940 et 1944. Ce film, constitué essentiellement d'entrevues, est...

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Le chagrin et la pitié - 02

Le Chagrin et la Pitié Chronique d'une ville francaise sous l'occupation réalisé par Marcel Ophüls 1969 2 x 2h En partant de l'étude du cas de Clermont-Ferrand, le film dresse la chronique de la vie d'une ville de province entre 1940 et 1944. Ce film, constitué essentiellement d'entrevues, est...

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The Sorrow and the Pity subtitles | 23 subtitles

The Sorrow and the Pity subtitles. AKA: Le chagrin et la pitié, The Sorrow and the Shame. The Most Important Film of Its Kind Ever Made. From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and...

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This looks great (i don't think I've seen it ) but I can't find it anywhere without buying the DVD, which is fine, unless you're aware of somewhere I can stream it?

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Mr. Klein subtitles | 82 subtitles

Mr. Klein subtitles. AKA: Monsieur Klein, Mr Klein, El otro Sr. Klein. Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the...

www.opensubtitles.org

You'll have to download and get eng subs if you don't do french.

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[Reno]

A lot of torrents of HD films and programmes originate in Russia and they don't even dub, one person just speaks the dialogue over the original version. The original track usually also is included though.

 

[Mordi]

Let me introduce you to the wonders of a Russian version of Youtube, tons of rare films, you just have wade through all the versions with that awful Russian overdubbing they tend to use. Not sure if it downloads any nastys to your PC, maybe someone more tech savvy can say. Will prob delete this after a while.

Le chagrin et la pitié - 01

Le Chagrin et la Pitié Chronique d'une ville francaise sous l'occupation réalisé par Marcel Ophüls 1969 2 x 2h En partant de l'étude du cas de Clermont-Ferrand, le film dresse la chronique de la vie d'une ville de province entre 1940 et 1944. Ce film, constitué essentiellement d'entrevues, est...

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Le chagrin et la pitié - 02

Le Chagrin et la Pitié Chronique d'une ville francaise sous l'occupation réalisé par Marcel Ophüls 1969 2 x 2h En partant de l'étude du cas de Clermont-Ferrand, le film dresse la chronique de la vie d'une ville de province entre 1940 et 1944. Ce film, constitué essentiellement d'entrevues, est...

ok.ru

The Sorrow and the Pity subtitles | 23 subtitles

The Sorrow and the Pity subtitles. AKA: Le chagrin et la pitié, The Sorrow and the Shame. The Most Important Film of Its Kind Ever Made. From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and...

www.opensubtitles.org

Одноклассники

ok.ru

Mr. Klein subtitles | 82 subtitles

Mr. Klein subtitles. AKA: Monsieur Klein, Mr Klein, El otro Sr. Klein. Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the...

www.opensubtitles.org

You'll have to download and get eng subs if you don't do french.

Youtube MP4 videos downloader - Videovor.com

This free service allows you to download videos from Youtube and other sites ... You can save the video or audio file on your device.

www.videovor.com

Thanks so much, this is great.

 

[trabuquera]

Obligatory subaltern postcolonial take (not a bad film, either): Indigenes (aka Days of Glory) 2016

.... and the grisly aftermath for at least some French African soldiers who took all that yap about liberte egalite a bit too seriously: Camp de Thiaroye (1988) - so controversial it was banned in France itself (it may not meet the strict terms of your brief but it's very directly and explicitly about 'what are we really fighting for here?')

 

[porp]

Suite Francaise

Irene Nemirovsky's novel is beyond praise. The film passes the time pretty usefully. French bourgeoise, husband a PoW, is drawn to a cultured German officer billeted in her house. One thing leads to another. I can watch a lot of Kristin Scott Thomas

 

[DaveCinzano]

Current state of play:

Meet the criteria

• Le Silence de la Mer
• Leon Morin, Pretre
• This Land is Mine
• Au Revoir Les Enfants
• Les Hommes Libres
• Un condamne a mort s'est echappe
• Le Dernier Metro
• Monsieur Klein
• La Bataille Du Rail
• The Last Train
• Suite Française

Doesn't quite hit the nail on the head but nevertheless is or sounds interesting

• Transit
• To Have and Have Not
• Casablanca
• Marie October
• Indigènes

I MENTIONED IT IN THE O.P.

• Lacombe, Lucien

NO TV

• 'Allo, 'Allo
• Das Boot S2

NO DOCUMENTARIES

• Le Chagrin Et La Pitie

You've let me down, guys

• Inglourious Basterds
• Escape To Victory

 

[Orang Utan]

Damn, can’t find any films about French electricians

 

[Reno]

Current state of play:

Meet the criteria

• Le Silence de la Mer
• Leon Morin, Pretre
• This Land is Mine
• Au Revoir Les Enfants
• Les Hommes Libres
• Un condamne a mort s'est echappe
• Le Dernier Metro
• Monsieur Klein
• La Bataille Du Rail
• The Last Train
• Suite Française

Doesn't quite hit the nail on the head but nevertheless is or sounds interesting

• Transit
• Casablanca
• Marie October
• Indigènes

I MENTIONED IT IN THE O.P.

• Lacombe, Lucien

NO TV

• 'Allo, 'Allo
• Das Boot S2

NO DOCUMENTARIES

• Le Chagrin Et La Pitie

You've let me down, guys

• Inglourious Basterds
• Escape To Victory

You forgot To Have and Have Not

 

[DaveCinzano]

You forgot To Have and Have Not

Fair point, but you've a way to go before you get off the naughty step

 

[Sue]

Current state of play:

Meet the criteria

• Le Silence de la Mer
• Leon Morin, Pretre
• This Land is Mine
• Au Revoir Les Enfants
• Les Hommes Libres
• Un condamne a mort s'est echappe
• Le Dernier Metro
• Monsieur Klein
• La Bataille Du Rail
• The Last Train
• Suite Française

Doesn't quite hit the nail on the head but nevertheless is or sounds interesting

• Transit
• Casablanca
• Marie October
• Indigènes

I MENTIONED IT IN THE O.P.

• Lacombe, Lucien

NO TV

• 'Allo, 'Allo
• Das Boot S2

NO DOCUMENTARIES

• Le Chagrin Et La Pitie

You've let me down, guys

• Inglourious Basterds
• Escape To Victory

I'd say Casablanca qualifies (French protectorate) and you've missed To Have and Have Not (basically Casablanca in Martinique but with Bogart-Bacall chemistry. With a capital C.)

ETA

French résistance only - not Italy, Greece, Soviet Union etc (but outside of mainland France or even Métropole fine).

As both ^ are about resistance to the Vichy regime outside mainland France...

 

[Reno]

Fair point, but you've a way to go before you get off the naughty step

I'd be happy to mount a spirited defence of Inglorious Basterds but it's late and I'm off to bed. I also don't understand what your problem is with a recommendation of Lacombe Lucien, threads on a discussion board aren't exclusively cater to those who started them. Someone got to discover a great film.

You are being a bit of a thread Nazi, vive la résistance.

 

[DaveCinzano]

As both ^ are about resistance to the Vichy regime outside mainland France...

It's more about (3) than (1)

 

[DaveCinzano]

You are being a bit of a thread Nazi, vive la résistance.

SOMEONE HAS TO MAINTAIN ORDER